The day after Cleveland Browns player Andrew Hawkins wore a T-shirt supporting the families of Tamir Rice and John Crawford in his pre-game warmup, he made this courageous statement to the media. The statement was responding to the criticism levied against him by the Cleveland Police Union in which he was called "pathetic" and demanded to apologize.
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